The state court has transferred the case of Suad Ramic to the cantonal court in Novi Travnik for further processing. Ramic, a former member of the Bosnian Army, has been charged with war crimes in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje.
On the eve of the Milorad Topic trial, the cantonal court of Novi Travnik declared itself incompetent to handle the case. Topic has been charged with war crimes in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed an indictment against Suad Ramic for war crimes committed against the civilian population in the Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje area in 1992.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms a verdict, under which Stipe Kristo was sentenced to two years for having committed war crimes in Gornji Vakuf.
While some consider the first instance verdict against six former Herceg-Bosna leaders shameful and unfair, others say it is a historical decision, which proves that crimes were committed in the Herzegovina and Central Bosnia area.
The Hague Tribunal has convicted six Bosnian Croat leaders of war crimes in the short-lived unrecognised statelet of Herzeg-Bosna, giving them sentences totalling 111 years.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, is due to pronounce a verdict against Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojnic, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoje Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic, who are charged with crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 29.
The Defence of Stipe Kristo calls on the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reduce the sentence against the indictee for crimes in Gornji Vakuf, while the Prosecution objects to the proposal, saying that the sentence is adequate bearing in mind the committed crime.